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PREAMBLE
To The Consitution
of
The American Legion
For God and Country we associate ourselves together for the following purposes:
To Uphold and defend the Constitution of the United States of America; To maintain law and order; To foster and perpetuate a one hundred percent
Americanism; To preserve the memories and incidents of our associations in the great wars; To inculcate a sense of individual obligation to the
community, state and nation; To combat the autocracy of both the classes and the masses; To make right the master of might; To promote peace
and good-will on earth; To safeguard and transmit to posterity the principles of justice, freedom and democracy; To consecrate and sanctify our
comradeship by our devotion to mutual helpfulness.
FOR GOD AND COUNTRY
The American Legion was born at a caucus of the American Expeditionary Force ( A.E.F.) in Paris,
France in March of 1919. This caucus was the results of a proposal by Lt. Col. Theodore Roosevelt Jr. to a group of representatives of
A.E.F. divisions and service units. His vision of a fraternity of war time veterans bonded by a devotion to God and Country and dedicated
to fair and equitable treatment for all veterans, particularly the disabled, and the widows and orphans whose loved ones paid the
ultimate price for freedom won him the affectionate title, " Father of The American Legion". Maurice K. Gordon a major in the 36th
Division, had the honor of naming the new organization. The blueprint of The American Legion and the Preamble to the Constitution of
The American Legion was put in final form at the general caucus May 8 - 10, 1919 in St. Louis, Mo.
Regular Meeting Date is the Fourth Monday of every month except in December
Executive meeting at 4:30pm, Dinner covered dish at 6:00, Meeting at 7:00pm
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